Fishhook holder



Apr. 10,1923. 4 1,451,256

4 w. c. GARDNER,

FISHHOOK HOLDER Filed May 15, 1922 2 sheets-sheet l W 6: fiardzzer mag. 5

Apr. 10, 1923. 1,451,256

, w..c. GARDNER FI SHHOOK HOLDER 6 hgjj I nnunwgunu nuuuulgmn Patented Apr. 10, 1823.

UNHE- 5 r s P I WILLIAM G. GARDNER, or: ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA.

FISHHOOK HOLDER.

Application filed may 15, 1922. Serial No. 561,180.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. GARDNER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Ardmore, in the county of Carter and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fishhook Holders, of which the following is a'specification. My invention relates to fish hook holders and more particularly to hook holders which may be conveniently carried in the pocket and from which one hook may be readily removed without disarranging the others.

The invention has for its primary object the provision of a novel and improved hook holder of the above mentioned character wherein the shells of the hooks will be yieldably held taut to hold the hooks in position and tangling of the snells is effectually prevented.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hook holder of the kind stated which is simple and durable in construction, exceedingly efficient and convenient in use and which may be cheaply manufactured.

With the above and other objects in view, as will be more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention comprises certain novel features of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevation of a hook holder constructed in accordance with my invention and carrying a plurality of hooks;

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the same,

Fig. 3 is a similar view of amodified form of holder;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of another modified form of holder for hooks having smells of various lengths;

Fig. 6 is a longitdlnal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, and I Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 77 of Fig. 5'.

In the various figures of the drawings, like reference characters are used to designate like parts throughout. I

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, numeral 5 denotes a plate of sheet metal formed at one end with. a back-turned flange 6 and at the other end with a back-turned and inwardly directed flange 7, the latter having in its back-turned portion a plurality of notches or apertures 8. The first mentioned end of the plate 5 adjacent the flange 6' has therein a plurality of longitudinal slots 9 which are preferably in al-inement-with the apertures 8 in the flange 7 and the purposeof which will be presently described.

Secured at the back of the plate 5 intermediate its ends is another smaller plate 10.

the opposed inturned flanges 11 at its ends being apertured and secured to the plate 5 by soldering or in any other approved manner. It will thus be seen that the plate 10 is spaced from the plate 5 and that the 'wire rods 12 may occupy this space for longitudinal sliding movement with their ends extending through the apertures of the flanges 11. Each of these rods 12 is formed at one ofits ends with a hook 13 which projectsover the hooked rod ends 13 and the fish hooks 16 at the other ends are located in the apertures 8 in flange 7 at the other end of plate 5. The hooked ends 13 of the rods 12 are normally resiliently held in proximity 'to the flange 6 by means of coil springs 17 encircling the rods 12 in the space between the two flanges 11. I have illustrated one of the ends of said springs as being secured to the rods 12 at 18 near the medial portions thereof, and the other ends as passing.

through apertures 19 in the plate 10 and soldered to the back thereof as shown at 20 in Fig. 2. By this arrangement a short spring may be used without employing abutments upon the rods 12.

From the foregoing description read in connection with the accompanying drawing,-

it will be apparent that the looped end of a snell 15 having been slipped over one of the hooked rod ends 13 and its fish-hook 16 having been engaged in one of the apertures 34 have shown my invention embodied in con crete form and as constructed no a specified to retain the fish-hook 16 in the aperture 8. The fish-hooks may be readily removed when desired in an obvious manner and it willalso be noted that the inturned portion of the flange 7 will serve to prevent the sharp points of the fish-hooks from catching in the pockets or fingers of the fisherman.

In igs. 3 and 4c a slightly modified form of the invention is illustrated showing the device in tubular form, and comprising an outer casing 21 ofv sheet metal and corresponding to the plate 5 of Figs. 1- and 2. This tubular casing contains the smaller tubular casing 22 secured therein in spaced relation thereto by means of annular end flanges 23 containing a series of alined transverse apertures for the reception of rods 12 in the same manner as previously described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2. The casing21, like the plate 5 of Figs. 1- and 2, has a series of longitudinal slots 9 at one end to receive the hooked ends 13 of the rods 12. The end of the casing 21 adjacent the slots 9 is closed as shown at 24 to form a stop for the rods 12. This modification will be used in the same manner as that illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and on account of its tubular form can be made to carry a larger number of fish-hooks. It will also be seen that the back-turned and inwardly directed apertured flange 7 of Figs. 1 and 2 is not necessary, since the sharp barbs of the hooks are within the casing and cannot come in contact with the clothes or fingers of the fisherman.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 l have illustrated another modified form of my invention Whereby hookshaving snells of various lengths may be retained thereon. Here the plate 10 is provided with two or more rows of vertical slots 10*, the slots nearest the hooked rod ends 13 being used when short snelled hooks are applied. The plate 10' is similar to the plate 10 of Figs. 1 and 2 with the exception that Ihave illustrated it as fastened to the plate 10 by means of tongues 10 instead of solder. In this modification I use springs 17 which encircle the rods 12 and abut at one end against the integral collars 17 carried on the rods 12 near the hooked ends 13 thereof and the other ends of which rest against the opposite flange 11. It will thus be seen that the collars 17 act as stops for the springs 17 and also serve to limit the advancement of the rods 12, and hold the hooked rod ends 13 spaced from the ends of their slots 9.

In accordance with the patent statutes I to secure by Let one end thereof, spring actuated rods carried by one side of said body portion, inwardly directed hooks at one end of said rods and extending through said slots, and a fish-hook engaging portion at theother end of said body portion. I

2. A fish hook holder comprising a body portion having longitudinal slots adjacent one end thereof, spring actuated rods carried by one side of said body portion, inwardly directed hooks at one end of said rods and extending through said slots, stops carried by said rods and acting with said body portion to limit the advancement of said rods, and a fish-hook engaging portion at the other end of said body portion.

3. A fish-hook holder comprising a body portion having longitudinal slots adjacent one end thereof, a plate secured to one side of said body portion and spaced therefrom, said plate having int'urned flanges and a plu-- rality of alined transverse apertures therein, rods extending through'said alined apertures for longitudinal sliding movement, H

said rods having inwardly directed hooks at one end and extending through said slots. stops carried by said rods and acting with said body portion to limit the advancement of said rods, a spring means for normally holding said rods advanced, and a fish-hook engaging portion at the other end of said body portion.

4. A fish-hook holder comprising a tubular casing having longitudinal slots in one end thereof, a second tubular casing within are said first-mentioned casingandintermediate the ends thereof, annular flanges at either end of said second-mentioned casing, said 'fianges having a plurality of alined apertures therein, rods extending through said alined apertures for longiitudinal slidling movement, said rods having inwardly directed hooks at one end extending through said slots, a stop at the end ofsaid body portion adjacent said slots, and a spring means for normally holding said hooked ends of said rods against said stop.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

. WILL C. GARDNER.

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